The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh is giving $10,000 in grant money to the Jewish Family and Community Services Squirrel Hill Food Pantry to help meet a surge in demand amid the pause in SNAP benefits.

"A lot of people are concerned about what's happening," said Jordan Golin, president and CEO of Jewish Family and Community Services of Pittsburgh.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh said it wants JFCS to be able to buy kosher food and give it to those who need it. It's not just people with kosher diets who go to the food pantry, too.

"They serve people of all food needs: gluten-free, halal, kosher," said David Heyman, associate vice president of marketing for the Jewish Federation of Greater Pittsburgh.

They're dietary restrictions that aren't necessarily cheap.

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